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It is twenty-three miles from Ragusa, and is mentioned in the "Tavola Peutingeriana" as "Turns Stagni"; the Romans knew it as "Stagnum." There are traces of ancient walls right across the isthmus, which is only a kilometre wide, Sabbioncello being thus almost an island.
Without having written a treatise on the Æolic digamma, probably the reader is aware that F is V, and that, in many languages, B and V are interchangeable letters through thousands of words, as the Italian tavola, from the Latin tabula. Under that little process it was that the Greek baskaino transmigrated into the Latin fascino; so that St. Apparently she was not so much a Medea as an Erichtho.
Michal wrote and translated at the same time: "Let him who would see many days keep a spare table!" "The Italians say: 'La cucina piccola fa la casa grande, la tavola e un ladrone segreto! Write that down also and tell me what it means." The damsel recited as she wrote: "A small kitchen enlarges a house, but a liberal table is a secret thief!"
Lucia asked cheerfully. "They were a fine lot, eh? I guess they will be able to stop the enemy from coming any nearer." "Nearer?" queried Nana, "what are you saying?" "We have had bad luck," Lucia explained. "Tavola has been captured, and our soldiers are retreating. In town they say we may have to evacuate before to-morrow."
Of all the cities upon the Ionian Sea, only Tarentum and Croton continued to exist through the Middle Ages, for they alone occupied a position strong for defence against pirates and invaders. A memory of the Saracen wars lingers in the name borne by the one important relic of Metapontum, the Tavola de' Paladini; to this my guide was conducting me.
The girls were not near enough to hear the order, but they soon found Roderigo in the excited mass of soldiers, and he explained it to them. "We are to leave for the front at once," he cried excitedly. "We have not a moment to spare. Tavola has been captured by the enemy, and our troops are retreating through the Pass." "The Saints preserve us!"
'Il pranzo è sulla tavola, signorina. 'Bene! said Constance over her shoulder. She turned back to Tony; her manner was kind. 'If you go to the kitchen, Tony, Elizabetta will give you some dinner. 'Sank you, signorina. His manner was humble. 'Elizabetta's dinners consist of a plate of garlic and macaroni on the kitchen steps.
The bay was known to the ancients as "Sinus Rhizonicus," Rhizon, from which it was then named, being the modern Risano at the extremity of the northern arm. The "Tavola Peutingeriana" gives the name "Resinum." The first mention of the "Rhizinitie" is about B.C. 229, at the period of the unfortunate wars waged by Teuta, widow of Agron, against the Romans.
For the last half-hour I lay in a hidden corner of the eucalyptus grove trying to shape in fancy some figure of old Pythagoras. In 1897 A.D. that hope had not come much nearer to its realization. Italians are yet familiar with the name of the philosopher, for it is attached to the multiplication table, which they call tavola pitagorica. What, in truth, do we know of him?
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